Mark Memmott http://krvs.org en Rupert Murdoch And Wife Wendi Are Divorcing http://krvs.org/post/rupert-murdoch-and-wife-wendi-are-divorcing <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjjUhelc81o</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 27380 at http://krvs.org Rupert Murdoch And Wife Wendi Are Divorcing Will Rain-Disrupted U.S. Open Be Too Easy, Or Hard As Ever? http://krvs.org/post/will-rain-disrupted-us-open-be-too-easy-or-hard-ever After being suspended less than two hours after the first players teed off, play is set to <a href="http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/live_updates.html" target="_blank">resume early Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Open golf championship</a>, which this year is being held at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., outside Philadelphia. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:15:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 27368 at http://krvs.org Will Rain-Disrupted U.S. Open Be Too Easy, Or Hard As Ever? At Least 93,000 Syrians Have Died During Conflict, U.N. Says http://krvs.org/post/least-93000-syrians-have-died-during-conflict-un-says "The constant flow of killings continues at shockingly high levels," <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/media.aspx?IsMediaPage=true" target="_blank">the U.N. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:53:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 27363 at http://krvs.org At Least 93,000 Syrians Have Died During Conflict, U.N. Says Natural DNA Cannot Be Patented, Supreme Court Rules http://krvs.org/post/natural-dna-cannot-be-patented-supreme-court-rules In a decision that could have broad-reaching effects on the future of science and medicine, the Supreme Court <a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf" target="_blank">ruled Thursday</a> that:<p>-- "A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated."<p>-- But, synthetically created "strands of nucleotides known as composite DNA (cDNA)" are "patent eligible" because they do not occur naturally.<p>The case, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/15/177035299/supreme-court-asks-can-human-genes- Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:48:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 27362 at http://krvs.org Now He Tells Us: 'Tang Sucks,' Says Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin http://krvs.org/post/now-he-tells-us-tang-sucks-says-apollo-11s-buzz-aldrin Hey, we were told in the '60s that we'd grow up to be astronauts if we drank Tang and that our heroes loved it!<p>But the second man on the moon — Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin — says "Tang sucks."<p><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/11/buzz-aldrin-tang-sucks-apollo-11-ufos/" target="_blank">TMZ.com broke the news</a> that Aldrin let loose with his real opinion during taping of <a href="http://www.spike.com/video-collections/snzse3/guys-choice-guys-choice-2013-highlights/n9vax4" target="_blank">Spike TV's Guys Choice awards</a>, which airs Thursday at 9 p.m. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:51:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 27356 at http://krvs.org Now He Tells Us: 'Tang Sucks,' Says Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin